READ A BOOK!!
Jul. 8th, 2004 12:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolven7I've ranted, once, on the horror that appears to be the upcomming film "I,Robot," but i have something new to say... It looks like it might not be completely terrible... I have a theory.
Edwin Collins - [A Girl Like You]--- Packaging influences thoughts, about something, especially if all we're allowed to see is that packaging. All i've seen of the "I,Robot" movie has been the American release trailers, with their pretense of Big Dumb Action Movie™, because that's what Americans want, from their summer block busters. They want action, and explosions, and good versus evil, and clear winners, and clear good guys... So, the more trailers i saw, and the more Asimov i read, the more i was made to think about some fundamental factors.
Nine Inch Nails - [The Perfect Drug]--- First of all, Alex Proyas is directing this. This is the man who brought us The Crow and Dark City. He knows what he's doing, and he does it well. He fucks with our heads, for a living. Next up is the fact that this is (at the very least) based on an Asimov story... He did the same thing. Fucked with our heads, and made us reconsider things, in lights of new evidences. He never let us leave with the same preconception with which we walked in. Factor these in with the new thoughts of Marketing, and you have Me, Doubting.
It may be a lure. The scenes we're getting may be that of a Big Dumb Action Movie™, to entice the Summer Blockbuster audience, and pull them toward the theater. Once there, they may be confronted with something that both entertains and makes them think. (Razed In Black - [Nightmare]). It's the kind of sneaky shit i would pull, to broaden people's minds... So i have hope.
In support of my new hopefull hypothesis, have the Japanese Trailer, which also leads to actually making me want to give this movie a chance... {2.06am: When Sonny holds the gun, watch his hand... That says a lot, right there...}
Still... Read a Book....
Edwin Collins - [A Girl Like You]--- Packaging influences thoughts, about something, especially if all we're allowed to see is that packaging. All i've seen of the "I,Robot" movie has been the American release trailers, with their pretense of Big Dumb Action Movie™, because that's what Americans want, from their summer block busters. They want action, and explosions, and good versus evil, and clear winners, and clear good guys... So, the more trailers i saw, and the more Asimov i read, the more i was made to think about some fundamental factors.
Nine Inch Nails - [The Perfect Drug]--- First of all, Alex Proyas is directing this. This is the man who brought us The Crow and Dark City. He knows what he's doing, and he does it well. He fucks with our heads, for a living. Next up is the fact that this is (at the very least) based on an Asimov story... He did the same thing. Fucked with our heads, and made us reconsider things, in lights of new evidences. He never let us leave with the same preconception with which we walked in. Factor these in with the new thoughts of Marketing, and you have Me, Doubting.
It may be a lure. The scenes we're getting may be that of a Big Dumb Action Movie™, to entice the Summer Blockbuster audience, and pull them toward the theater. Once there, they may be confronted with something that both entertains and makes them think. (Razed In Black - [Nightmare]). It's the kind of sneaky shit i would pull, to broaden people's minds... So i have hope.
In support of my new hopefull hypothesis, have the Japanese Trailer, which also leads to actually making me want to give this movie a chance... {2.06am: When Sonny holds the gun, watch his hand... That says a lot, right there...}
Still... Read a Book....
